[K12OSN] K12LTSP missing some important stuff for our school purposes

Dan Young dyoung at mesd.k12.or.us
Wed Nov 1 17:02:55 UTC 2006


Tom Wolfe wrote:
> I still believe the decision to go or not go with an OS that limits
> student access to information is a philosophical decision. The legal and
> technical issues unfortunately influence the decision of whether to
> implement something like K12LTSP.

By that rationale, other operating systems set fairly strict limits on
student access to information as well.

Consider the limitations of DRM (you can only listen to/view this media
 on certain devices) and proprietary software (you cannot see how this
software works, participate in it's development, or give it to your
friends).

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Dan Young <dyoung at mesd.k12.or.us>
Multnomah ESD - Technology Services
503-257-1562




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